The instructions are for Windows XP, although they can be easily applied to Windows Vista. The instructions are pretty easy, especially if you're familiar with registering filters, but I will go through it all here for those that don't know how. PowerDVD 8 Ultra Windows XP/Vista (32-bit) Instructions.And this guide will show you how! Please note that you will need PowerDVD 8 Ultra - any other versions including the Deluxe version that doesn't already support Blu-ray playback won't work. That could be the end of the story right there, except chatter on forums indicated that a beta version of PowerDVD 8 did include HD DVD playback at one stage, and some experimentation later, it turns out the retail version of PowerDVD 8 Ultra can have HD DVD playback re-enabled. Luckily, Cyberlink made sure that both PowerDVD 7 and 8 versions can be installed at the same time, so users with PowerDVD 7 Ultra can still use it for HD DVD playback. Unfortunately for HD DVD users (as if the first few months of 2008 hasn't been disappointing enough), PowerDVD 8 Ultra removed HD DVD playback even though it was in PowerDVD 7 Ultra. It also includes Blu-ray playback that will eventually support Profile 2.0 (BD-Live).
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It brings a lot of new features, such as a movie collection manager and online interactivity.
The latest version of PowerDVD has been released.
There has since been several updates to PowerDVD, and testing shows that the HD DVD patch no longer works (the player exits just as playback is about to start). Please note that the instructions below only work with the original retail version of PowerDVD 8 Ultra (version ).